Health Care Systems Core
Core Activities
The Health Care Systems Core oversees and supports the four communities that make up the Learning Health Network—a consortium of individuals representing care settings and organizations joined by the common goal of improving care quality, equity, and accessibility for people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners.
The Core funds and coordinates a one-year Health Care System Scholars Program for researchers seeking to build a mutually beneficial partnership with a health care organization, with the aim of conducting ePCT research among PLWD and their care partners. Core members develop and disseminate best practices and setting-specific approaches to conducting these ePCTs. They manage the collaborative research resource involving leaders from diverse health care systems and provide guidance and training to investigators on partnering with these systems to facilitate successful implementation of interventions into clinical practice.
Key Resources
News
- IMPACT scholar appointed editor of Palliative Medicine Report
- IMPACT member leads hospice/palliative care survey in NY State to inform nursing school education
- IMPACT physicians contribute to Health Affairs article addressing costs of dementia care
- JAMDA article describes innovation of the LTC Data Cooperative
- IMPACT members find critical barriers among care partners and older adults with cognitive impairment during emergency department care transitions
Leadership
Leah Hanson, PhD Core Leader |
Health Care System Scholars Program
One-year support for junior and senior investigators to work directly with health care systems interested in improving care provided to people living with AD/ADRD and their care partners. RFAs are generally released in January of each year.